Moonlight streamed into the cavern, falling across the carved stone wall like a silver spotlight.
Ren tilted his head. "Uh… where is the light coming from?"
Serana squinted upward. "There is a little opening at the top. A crack in the rocks, maybe."
Kael raised an eyebrow. "And how come none of us saw that before?"
Aria stepped closer to the wall, her silver-blue eyes reflecting the glow. "Because it only opened just now."
As the moonlight touched the ancient stone, something shifted. Symbols across the wall glowed faintly, pulsing with pale blue light. Slowly, an outline of a door appeared, no knob, no handle, only more carved words shining in the moonlight.
Aria reached out and traced the symbols.
"What does it say?" Liora asked.
Kael leaned in, frowning. "It is in Old Tongue… can't read all of it, but that one means 'blood.'"
Dax stepped closer. "It means only the chosen blood can open it."
Liora blinked. "You mean… Aria?"
